Leg 4 - Quiksilver Pro

The Quicksilver Pro 2005 was held from the 22 Sept - 2 Oct and is planned to conincide with the best time of the year for surf conditions. Once again the pro's scored perfect conditions and me and Emlyn were there to reap the rewards also. The follwoing are all pic's I took (except the 2nd to last one) while at the event (between surfing myself). For more pro pics and videos clips click on the "Quicksilver Pro 2005" link on the right hand column of this page Pic 1. Walking down to the contest site Pic's 2 & 3. The stage "La Graviere", Hossegor. Pic 4. The Crowd Pic 5. The Man, Kelly Slater. Slats only had to finish higher than Andy Irons to secure the title for the year but was knocked out in the quarters, Andy went on to win the event. Pic 6. NZ'er Maz Quinn got 2nd in the trials event allowing him to enter ther main event. He got through a few heats then came up against Andy Irons in round three. Maz got the wave of the heat, a huge left hand tube but got robbed by the scorers while AI got over scored and won in the last few seconds. Maz got blatantly robbed. Pic 7. Maz charged the huge, hollow surf and done NZ proud. Pic 8. The left, the pro's free-surfed this amazing bank all event

Pic's 9 & 10. Two angles on Mick Fanning's huge barrel in his against Jeremy Flores. This wave closed out on him after he rode it for about 50 metres. And he lost.